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hop, skip, and a jump

hop, skip, and a jump
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Definitions of hop, skip, and a jump words

  • noun hop, skip, and a jump a short distance: The laundry is just a hop, skip, and a jump away. 1
  • noun hop, skip, and a jump (Idiomatic) a short distance. 0

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Origin of hop, skip, and a jump

First appearance:

before 1750
One of the 47% newest English words
First recorded in 1750-60

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Parts of speech for Hop, skip, and a jump

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

hop, skip, and a jump popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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